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dine
What does dine mean?
dine (verb): to eat; to eat dinner or supper.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use dine in a sentence?
- We often dine with friends in this restaurant. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce dine?
/daɪn/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does dine come from?
From Middle English dynen, from Old French disner (“to dine, eat the main meal of the day”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to dine
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “dine” mean?
to dislike intensely or greatly
Not quite: that's what hate means.
to eat; to eat dinner or supper
Right! That's what “dine” means.
to say, state, or perform again
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to connect (two or more things)
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